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{{Short description|Moment the set stops wanting you to leave}} | {{Short description|Moment the set stops wanting you to leave}} | ||
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| name | | image = Handshake.jpg | ||
| also | | caption = Handshake (Commons). Hook point is when she starts treating you as the scene. | ||
| field | | alt = Handshake | ||
| origin | | name = Hook point | ||
| also = hook, hooked | |||
| field = Pickup | |||
| origin = Mystery Method | |||
| related = [[Opener (pickup)]]; [[Set (pickup)]]; [[Indicator of interest]] | | related = [[Opener (pickup)]]; [[Set (pickup)]]; [[Indicator of interest]] | ||
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The '''hook point''' is the moment a [[set (pickup)|set]] stops being polite and starts wanting you to stay: they lean in, they ask a question back, they laugh at something that was not a joke-shaped opener. Mystery-era students obsessed over it because most canned [[opener (pickup)|openers]] died before it.<ref name="mm">{{cite book |last=von Markovik |first=Erik |title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref> | The '''hook point''' is the moment a [[set (pickup)|set]] stops being polite and starts wanting you to stay: they lean in, they ask a question back, they laugh at something that was not a joke-shaped opener. Mystery-era students obsessed over it because most canned [[opener (pickup)|openers]] died before it.<ref name="mm">{{cite book |last=von Markovik |first=Erik |title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref> | ||
In practice: hook is just "this is now a conversation." [[Direct game]] tries to get there by stating interest instead of by a two-minute opinion opener. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:08, 18 September 2026
 Handshake (Commons). Hook point is when she starts treating you as the scene.
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| Field | Pickup |
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| Also known as | hook, hooked |
| Origin | Mystery Method |
| Related | Opener (pickup); Set (pickup); Indicator of interest |
The hook point is the moment a set stops being polite and starts wanting you to stay: they lean in, they ask a question back, they laugh at something that was not a joke-shaped opener. Mystery-era students obsessed over it because most canned openers died before it.[1]
In practice: hook is just "this is now a conversation." Direct game tries to get there by stating interest instead of by a two-minute opinion opener.
See also
References
- ↑ von Markovik, Erik. The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed. St. Martin's Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-312-36011-5.